The officer went to the house at 6824 SW 10th Court about 6:30 a.m., along with other members of the department's Special Response Team and narcotics detectives to find drugs they believed were being sold and used there. When they arrived, the man confronted the officers, police spokesman Sgt. John Jacob said.

Details of the confrontation were not disclosed.

"One of our Special Response Team members was forced to fire on the subject, and he was killed," Jacob said.

Three other people in the home were arrested, and a gun was recovered from the house. Pembroke Pines police declined to provide further details about the investigation, including whether drugs were found inside the house.

Charges against the trio are pending, Jacob said.

Police did not release any names, and they described the victim only as a man in his 40s.

Vincent Hodgkiss, 46, and Christopher Hodgkiss, 22, live at the house, according to public records and neighbors. Records also show Vincent Hodgkiss has a concealed weapons permit.

The shooting surprised neighbors, most of whom were asleep at the time.

Resident Sam Dupervil, 31, said he heard two loud bangs.

"All I heard was two shots," Dupervil said. "I thought it was a transformer or something."

"I didn't even think this area was like that," Dupervil said. "I left Miami to move up here, to get away from that kind of stuff. I guess it's all over the place."

The neighborhood of one-story houses, called Pines Village, is just south of Pines Boulevard and west of Florida's Turnpike.

The Hodgkiss house attracted many young adults and teens, neighbors said.

"At night, the place was full of cars," resident Jose Gonzalez said.

The activity also prompted complaints to police.

Narcotics detectives watched the house and collected enough evidence to file for a search warrant that a judge signed Tuesday, Jacob said.

The name of the officer who fired the fatal shots was not disclosed.

The fatal shooting was the second by a police officer in Broward County in four days.

On Monday, a Seminole Tribe police officer fatally shot Bernard Devine, 55, inside his mobile home on the reservation near Hollywood. Police said Devine had threatened to commit suicide, and they found him holding a gas container and a cigarette lighter when they arrived.

Staff Researcher Barbara Hijek contributed to this report.

Macollvie Jean-FranM-gois can be reached at mjfrancois@sun- sentinel.com or 954-385-7922.